Proverbs 27:14

All About Life

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[The judge tells the creditor,] “Take the garment of one who is surety (guarantees a loan) for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge when he is surety for an immoral woman [for it is unlikely the debt will be repaid].”
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He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be counted as a curse to him [for it will either be annoying or his purpose will be suspect].
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A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious (quarrelsome) woman are alike;

Early in the Morning

Reckoned To Him

2 Samuel 15:2-7

He would get up early and stand beside the road to the gate [of the city, where court was held]; and when any man who had a dispute came to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”

2 Samuel 16:16-19

Now it happened when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

2 Samuel 17:7-13

So Hushai said to Absalom, “Ahithophel has not given good advice this time.”

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord has handed it over to the king.”

1 Kings 22:13

Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen carefully, the words of the prophets are unanimously favorable to the king. Please let your words be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

Jeremiah 28:2-4

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Acts 12:22-23

The assembled people kept shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!”